Improvement in surveyors  mark



ratiatsam CARL C. I. MEYER, 0F YANKTON, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

Lette/rs Patent No. 98,084, dated December 21, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN SURVEYQRS MARK.

The Schedule referred to inV these Letters Patent `and making part o!the same. v

To all who-m it may concern;-

Be it known that I7 CARL 0.1. MEYER, of Yankton, Yankton county, DakotaTerritory, have invented a new and improved Surveyors Mark; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, `clear, and exactdescription thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,forming part -of this specification. v

My invention relates to surveyors marks, and consisls in making ormanufacturing a mark out of burnt clay, porcelain, or any similar.material, or in coating a piece of wood or metal with burnt clay,porcelain, or other similar material, and in forming, Aby pressure,mould/in g, cutting, or insel-ibi ng, im pressions upon each end of theniark,'which will convey the information that it is designed to give.

These marks are especially designed for use in the Government surveysofpuhlic lands in the IVest, when these surveys extend over extensiveplains and prairies destitute of stone and timber, as well as for othersnrveys in the same regions.

As is well known, the Government surveyors, -in running out lands,destitute of stone and timber, into ranges, townships, sections, 850.',are obliged to prepare their mar is or stakes inadvance; that thesestakes are made of ivood, and, in connection with mounds andexcavations, are used to indicate or niarkthe corners ot' townships andsections.

It'is also well known that in a few years these marks become almostobliterated by the fires which frequently sweep over the country, or bythe action of the elements, so that it is impossible to iind the pointsthese,

able size and sha-pe, made of burnt clay, porcelain, or other suitablematerial, or of a block of wood or metal coated with either of thesematerials, and then having formed thereon, at each end, suitable devicesto indicate the point it is set to indicate. v

The drawing also shows that instead of one continuous mark there'may betwo heads, A B, or that the two ends may be united bya piece or rod, C,of a similar material. 1

I thus make my marks out of the materials as herein described, with thedevices required to indicate the place or corner they are designed tomark, eut, moulded, or in any suitable way impressed on each end of thesame, as shown in the drawing.

These marks I set inthe ground, at the points,'.or they are/carried bysurveying parties and placed atthe point desired, and they will remain,unless removed. by design, for years, prooi' against tire or otherdestructive elements. And should the endprojecting from the ground bebroken oif by accident or design, the end remainingin the ground willstill make known the position of' the corner, so that at any subsequentperiod to the survey, parties who desire to find these corners for anypurposes, whether it be for running out their lands, or for finding inwhat section of the country they are travelling, or in what direction,may do s0 without difficulty.

Havingthus described my invention,

That I claim, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, a surveyors mark, made ot' burntclay, porcelain, or similar materials, or coated with the same, andprovided with impressed or projecting inscriptions on each end, asherein described. n

2. A surveyors mark, consistingot' two heads, A

l and B, and an intermediate conneating-piece, 0,v all made of thematerialsandin the manner herein shown and described.

yCARL G. l, MEYER-.

Witnesses:

" FRANKLIN Wrxsos,

H.,J. BRrsBnvE.

